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Fairfax County Public Schools cleared of wrongdoing in middle school rape case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The woman who sued Fairfax County Public Schools for millions of dollars after accusing a classmate of raping her in middle school didn’t win the case. On Wednesday afternoon, a federal jury ultimately rejected all of her allegations. The victim says when the verdict came down,...
Home catches fire in Fairfax County
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Crews with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were on the scene of a two-alarm fire at a home in Burke, Va. on Wednesday morning. In a post made on X, formerly Twitter, just before 9:15 a.m., officials said the fire happened at a home in the […]
A rough road: Students see bad choice consequences in mock crash
A statewide initiative to curb road fatalities continues to send a sobering message to Maryland’s newest drivers. What began nationwide decades ago as a lesson in the dangers of blending alcohol with driving now includes in its scenario the sad consequences of not wearing seatbelts or allowing diversions such as cellphones and conversations to take a driver’s attention away from the road. Public high schools in Calvert County have annually...
Two Salisbury players win big in lottery, plus latest on Powerball and Mega Millions
The week's biggest Maryland Lottery winner is from Elkton, but there were also two lucky Salisbury players who recently won big prizes too. Here's the latest on the Eastern Shore winners from the Maryland Lottery, plus more news on the big Powerball and Mega Millions games. MARYLAND LOTTERY:Salisbury has a...
$100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Fairfax County
A Fairfax County man thought he'd won $800 playing the Virginia Lottery’s Ca$h Corners Crossword scratcher game.He was more than just a little surprised when Virginia Lottery officials looked at the ticket and informed him that he’d actually won $100,000.Miguel Garcia bought his winning ticket at H…
57-year-old Maryland man commits 7 armed robberies in 8 days: police
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged after committing seven armed robberies in eight days in Prince George's County, Maryland. The suspect has been identified as 57-year-old Victor Glascoe of Oxon Hill. According to police, Glascoe has been linked to seven robberies in the...
Day 23: School board tells jurors Kate was a “manipulative” liar since she was 12, as her lawyers ask jurors to believe a girl’s pleas for help
On Tuesday, the jury heard two very different portraits of a 12-year-old girl in courtroom 1000 of the federal district courthouse in Alexandria. In closing arguments, Sona Rewari, an attorney for the Fairfax County School Board, stepped forward, putting a folder with her speech on a heavy wood lectern that faced the jury box, the judge, Rossie D. Alston Jr., over her right shoulder and B.R., or “Kate,” a former student at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, over her left shoulder, sitting at the plaintiff’s table just an arm’s length away, flanked by her attorneys, Alison Anderson, to her left, and Andrew Brenner, to her right.
Woman Accused of Driving Under Influence with Juvenile Passenger, Crashing SUV into Tree in Bell Township
BELL TWP., Pa. (EYT) — Police say a 47-year-old woman was reportedly under the influence of alcohol/and or controlled substances when she crashed her vehicle with a juvenile passenger in Bell Township. According to court documents, Punxsutawney-based State Police filed criminal charges against 47-year-old Allison Marion Nunes, of Springfield,...
Deadly Motorcycle Crash Shuts Burke Intersection (DEVELOPING)
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Wednesday, April 24 in Fairfax County, police said.The crash happened at Old Keene Mill Road and Shiplett Boulevard in Burke, police said just after 10:40 p.m.The intersection was closed for investigation.This is a developing story. Check back for more.
“Evolving” history finds Maryland’s Harriet Tubman historical marker is wrong
On Maryland’s Eastern Shore there is a historic marker that says Harriet Tubman freed 300 enslaved people. It also suggests she was born nearby. There are those who say it’s past time for the state to set the record straight on the woman known as “Moses.”. The...
Great Allegheny Passage Trail ranked among the best trails in the U.S.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Great Allegheny Passage Trail which runs from Pittsburgh to Maryland has been ranked among the best recreational trails in all of the United States.The list of the best recreational trails was compiled by USA Today and was voted on by readers.The GAP Trail was ranked 4th best in the country and stretches for 150 miles, starting in Pittsburgh and running all the way to Cumberland, Maryland. The trail climbs approximately 2500 feet above sea level as it stretches from Pittsburgh through McKeesport, West Newton, Connellsville, Ohiopyle, and Confluence before crossing into Maryland and the Eastern Continental Divide. The trail crosses 16 bridges as it winds along the river and through the mountains of Pennsylvania.USA Today says that the GAP Trail was the first to earn a spot in the National Rail-Trail Hall of Fame.
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